September 16th, 2007
CNN can't say Dick...unless it's Cheney
I love that CNN.com is perfectly OK writing sensational news stories with grisly details, but they repeatedly replace "Dick" with "Blank" in this one article about the Emmy-nominated SNL skit that they call "(Blank) in a Box."
On the positive side, they do follow up the (Blank) mention with some Britney-related Internet rumours. Phew. ;-)
If you do want to watch Dick (not Blank) in a Box, here is the link!
March 14th, 2008 | Permalink | Comments (8)
Posted by: Prescott Perez-Fox | around 10 months ago
Well, it's a lot like George Carlin's "words you can't say on TV", where he points out that you can say "you're making a real ass of yourself", but you can't say "hey, let's go get some ass".
Posted by: Justin | around 10 months ago
This is a fairly mild example of CNN but if you want a reason why John Stewart is the most trusted name in American Journalism... Among the real - not Comedy Channel - sources of television news in the states CNN is probably the best though, in reality it ranks up there with the National Equirer in terms of Journalistic Ethics and credibility. And then American Journalists wonder why people are turning to blogs
Posted by: Adam | around 10 months ago
I saw that too. I work for a station that produces news for the Fox affiliate in town and I felt weird asking the girl who was running Master Control at the Fox station if they had performed it live. I finally reffered to it as the "Justin Timberlake" skit. I'm sure she knew what I meant. (I had heard a rumor they might perform live) -A
Posted by: jccalhoun | around 10 months ago
I wonder how CNN.com reported the time when Dick Cheney told Patrick Leahy to "go F@ck yourself!"
Posted by: TerminalDigit | around 10 months ago
I think the CNN link is pointing to the wrong story (or CNN shuffled things around). Here's the right one: <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/TV/09/10/tv.creativeartsemmys.ap/index.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/TV/09/10/tv.creativeartsemmys.ap/index.html</a>
Posted by: Election Geek | around 10 months ago
CNN reported on the Cheeney Leahy by saying "In response to Cheney, Leahy reminded Cheney that the vice president had once accused him of being a bad Catholic, to which Cheney replied either "f--- off" or "go f--- yourself."" http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/06/24/cheney.leahy/
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Posted by: Philip Crow | around 10 months ago
If it was popular enough to be nominated for an Emmy, people probably know what is in that box. In fact, I bet they probably have their dicks in a box, they just didn't follow the rules too well, made the whole too big, put it in wrong and gave it to each other. Perhaps if they said Male Genitals, it would be more politically correct for them.